"Zen Master" Jackson often emphasizes selfless sharing of the ball. After the Lakers formed a triangle on the strong side, Bogut was not good at double-teaming the Suns at low posts, so he passed the ball with the opportunity to shoot.

The Suns double-team only when Kobe plays low, which means that the inside players have pulled out and their mid-range shooting percentage is not high.

Xiao Si tried his best to defend himself, and Bogut leaned twice toward the bottom line, and scored 2 to 4 as before.

Bogut clenched his right fist and shouted when he returned to defense. This was his favorite way of playing. Today he finally received the ball and showed his specialty.

The Lakers have good offenses, and they have to defend themselves if they want to win the Suns. After losing points, the Suns coaching staff is not in a hurry, and Stadameier, who was beaten twice by the opponent, is not in a hurry. They are used to winning by offense.

Si was selected into the All-Squad team this season, and his scoring efficiency ranks first among inside players. It was something the coaching staff had expected that his defense and penalty area was not good enough, after all, he played as a power forward.

When the Suns attacked, Guo Xu and Xiao Si played pick-and-roll in the middle and broke the right side. Odom on the weak side did not change defense, so Kobe had to empty the bottom corner to make up for defense, so Odom could only choose to keep up with Guo Xu from the side.

At this time, three misalignments appeared on the court. Guo Xu faced Odom, Xiao Si faced Ellis, and Marion faced Bogut.

Guo Xu turned around to 45 degrees and observed Ellis's running position with the light of his eyes. He didn't chase him and beat Odom with one shot without chasing him.

Guo Xu was very sure to win a big man. The Lakers have seen it many times in the regular season. How could Odom defend alone? Ellis rushed to double-team as soon as he bypassed the screen. Guo Xu took the opportunity to pass the ball to the middle.

Xiao Si caught the ball at a high position and easily entered the net hollow. 4 to 4.

When the Lakers attacked, Kobe passed the ball to the inside again. Sir Jr. became familiar with Bogut's rhythm, and jumped to interfere with the shooting at the right time. The ball went off and Marion grabbed the rebound.

Guo Xu played pick-and-roll again in the positional battle, attracted double teams and passed the ball to Xiao Si. Atai let go of Roy to make up for defense. Xiao Si faked the ball, and Roy received the ball at 50 degrees on the left to attract Bogut to make up for defense, and passed the ball to the bottom line.

Marion got an open position and made a mid-range shot in a weird position. 6 to 4.

Zhang Heli commented: "After Xiao Si and Marion came back, Guo Xu became very relaxed. He attracted double teams to pass the ball and could watch the fun on the side. His teammates knew how to play."

Yu Jia said: "From 2002 to now, the Suns Trident has been working together for 5 years, and Bale has also joined the Suns for 4 years. Their cooperation is much more tacit than the Lakers."

Zhang Heli said: "The two strongest teams in the West have the same team-building ideas, and the Spurs are also the core. Focusing on the three players introducing role players suitable for the system, the Lakers seem to have never thought about who will be suitable for Kobe."

In the next round, the Lakers' tactics changed. Kobe could not tolerate Bogut's fourth consecutive shot, and he beat Bale with the ball, and changed his direction and jumped to the iron due to interference.

Jackson shook his head gently on the sidelines. The tactic he arranged was to force the Suns to double-team the center at low posts. As long as Sir Jr. defended alone, Bogut would play continuously, just like O'Neal did back then.

The Lakers and the Lakers lost 10 games in a row in the playoffs last year, the coaching staff knew one thing. If Bogutra was allowed to go out, the Lakers would definitely lose. In addition to playing singles at low posts, Jackson also arranged for Ellis to break through with the ball and play pick-and-roll with Odom in the middle.

This was the Lakers' style of playing in 2002. The point guard and center should be opened. Kobe had a good chance to fight one-on-one again, and try to break into the basket and layup or pass the ball.

If Kobe is the main player of two points from a long distance, the Lakers will be finalized. Kobe's mid-range shots in one step within the three-point line in the playoffs averaged 8 shots, hitting 3.4, and hitting a shooting percentage of 42.5%. This data is higher than his 38.8% last season, but not so high that he can lead the team to win.

In the Suns position battle, Guo Xu played the pick-and-roll without any haste, attracting double teams and then passing the ball to help his teammates play. This time he passed it to Xiao Si who cut the gap in the middle.

Si entered the basket with the ball and took a step to attract Bogut to make up for defense, and gave Marion the left side, who missed the mid-shot. After Marion returned from injury, the number of mid-shots decreased and the shooting rate became lower, which gave the coaching staff a little headache.

Marion's main role is now on the defensive end. He is very active and has been entangled with Odom. Odom is uncomfortable when he takes the ball in the middle and cannot break through. He takes it to the low post to attack, and the Suns formation will shrink again, which is in line with their wishes.

Ellis caught the ball and broke through the pick-and-roll. Marion changed defense quickly, forcing him to pass the ball again. Odom received the ball and Marion rushed out quickly to interfere with the shooting and breakthrough.

The Lakers player passed several times, and the ball was transferred to the strong side. The Suns successfully forced Kobe and Bogut to play singles, with simple and effective defensive tactics. Even if Bogut hit 65.8% at the basket and scored 48% at two points, he was still single-down to prevent him from shooting.

This is how the Suns played on the field. Some people could defend Bogut. The Suns scored three points, and the score difference was wide open without realizing it.

In the second half of the first quarter, Kobe began to make more moves. He believed that it would be impossible to make Bogut make endless shots like O'Neal. Bogut doesn't have the ability, and even if the Suns don't replace Valaijo, he would not be able to ensure efficiency.

The Suns led 29 to 22 in the first quarter.

Ellis played for half a quarter and played with a substitute in the second quarter, and performed averagely.

The Suns' substitute lineup is too luxurious. Lowry, Ariza, Anthony Parker, Tim Thomas, Haslem's small ball tactics, and Vallejo is responsible for guarding the water dispenser.

D'Antoni's arrangement was because the Lakers' substitute inside Turiav had no range, and the tactic was that Cook, Walton and Vujasic would pull it off, allowing Ellis to break through with the ball or pick-and-roll.

The Suns only need to die of Kaelis, and Turiav has to choose to cut into the basket. Going to Haslem is like deliberately attracting Turiav to attack, so the Lakers can't shoot from the outside.

Guo Xu was resting, and Ellis was not so easy to play. Lowry was stronger than him, very fast, good at preventing breakthroughs, and liked to be close to him. Lowry's weaknesses are similar to Guo Xu, but they are not easy to interfere with shooting, but Ellis' shooting is not good, so it is difficult to play Lowry.

The two teams play the same way, Haslem is more mobile than Turiav, and has mid-range shots that can help teammates withdraw from the basket.

After playing for 3 minutes, the score difference widened to 12 points. Kobe returned to the court to replace Walton, adding an offensive point with the ball. In 6 minutes, the Suns substitutions, Guo Xu, Roy, and Sir returned to the court to strengthen the attack, Bale and Marion continued to rest, allowing people with better physical strength to defend the pick-and-roll and Kobe.

At the end of the half, the Suns led by 18 points.

In the second half, Guo Xu led the team to maintain his advantage and widened the score gap to more than 20 points. Lakers players became more and more impatient, and their style of play was obviously much tougher than the previous game.

At 2 minutes and 19 seconds in the third quarter, Kobe used his elbow to intentionally turn Sir who came up with a pick-and-roll. The referee only gave an ordinary foul and did not watch TV replays. Although the Suns players were dissatisfied, they endured the lead and Sir was not injured.

After playing several more rounds, Ellis and Bogut played pick-and-roll and got rid of Guo Xu. The breakthrough layup was missed by Sir S. Marion grabbed the rebound and passed it to Guo Xu.

There was a serious misalignment on the field. Guo Xu sprinted at full speed and threw away Bogut, forming a 2-for-1 in the frontcourt. He attracted Vujasic to make up for defense and passed the ball to Roy.

Guo Xu just had to wait and see Roy score easily, and he was relaxed without any defense. Unexpectedly, seeing that he had no ball in his hand, he did not slow down, but hit him hard and threw Guo Xu directly to the ground.

This malicious foul was too obvious, and the whole audience was in an uproar... ()
Chapter completed!